
HAZELLE KEIR SCHMUECKER
(1907-2007)
PAPERS, 1983-2007
2.5 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 339) were donated by Hazelle Keir Schmuecker in 1996 and by Grace and Richard
Keir (donor no. 909) in 2008. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been retained by the donor and her heirs. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Margaret
Richardson, 1996. |
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Biography
Hazelle
Keir, schoolteacher and artist, was born September 8, 1907 in the town of
Scope and Content Note
The Schmuecker papers date from 1983 to 2007 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers
Autobiographical essays
and family history,
Correspondence and cards, Verse, and Newspaper clippings. The four books of essays contain Schmuecker’s
memories and stories of six generations of the Schmuecker and Keir families. These writings concern all aspects of work,
marriage, and civic involvement of the several generations, as well as memories
of the Depression. Schmuecker reflects
on her own work as a teacher, writer, speaker, judge at fairs, and gardener,
and on her artistry in painting and pottery.
She writes engagingly of the joy and difficulty of rural life during the
1930s and reflects on the risks and rewards in agriculture and livestock
production which she and her husband maintained until the 1970s. Her writing reveals the many ways lives are
abruptly changed due to automobile accidents, war, and illness. The correspondence and cards consists of
letters she wrote to her nephew, Richard Keir and his wife, Grace Keir. The
Verse series contains three books of verse written and illustrated by
Schmuecker. The Newspaper clippings
series contain a profile on Schmuecker at eighty-three years of age and an
announcement celebrating her eighty-fifth birthday.
Box no. Description
Autobiographical essays and family history by Hazelle Keir
Schmuecker
“The Story of Hazelle Keir and Ervin Joseph Schmuecker,”
1993
“The Corsaut Story,” 1994
“The Rest of the Story,” 1994
“Keir Macgregor,” 1995
Correspondence and cards
1983-2004
1986-2005
Verse by Hazelle Keir Schmuecker (1 folder)
Includes:
“Printmaking, Printers and Books,”1983
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“Tails’ by Grandma Schmuecker,” 1991
Newspaper clippings, 1991, 1992, 2007
Biographical information and photographs, 2004 and undated